Local And Just

March 28, 2011 – The Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance (MAFRA), based at the University of Manitoba, has announced funding for thirteen community food projects across urban, rural and northern Manitoba. MAFRA received over 40 proposals from across Manitoba. The projects ranged from proposals for urban agriculture projects, to community food assessments. “It was overwhelming [...]

Back in the fall I ordered 40lb of white flour, 50lb of whole-wheat flour and 25lb of oats from the Deruycks through a food buying club. Yes, I was overly ambitious with my purchase. It is a good thing I love to bake, because that, my friends, is A LOT of flour. And so I decided [...]

Imagine for a moment that you are planning dinner in 2050.  Knowing that you will be coming home late from work you decide to put in the roast pre-mix powder into the oven.  When you come home, there’s a piping hot roast, fresh from the test tube.  Yum! While this scenario may seem a tad [...]

This video features two high impact local food initiatives that are highlighted as case studies. One community scale and one regional scale initiative are discussed in relation to the barriers that each faces as well as the positive outcomes that these programs generate in the battle for food justice.  These food initiatives were chosen based [...]

On January 5, the British government released Food 2030, a plan for agriculture and food in the UK.  It is the first such report in a developed nation in a very long time, and the first in Britain in fifty years.  The Globe & Mail introduces Food 2030 this way:  “Imported beef. Genetically modified potatoes. [...]

October 16 is a big deal in foodie and food justice circles, and has been since its inception over 25 years ago in Italy. It is World Food Day, an event that celebrates the importance of food and that highlights the need to address the life threatening hunger and poverty that confronts almost a billion [...]